ENGAGE TRUST UK

Registered charity 1165129 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ENGAGE TRUST

We aim to serve people across a range of settings, taking an holistic and relational approach. We deliver a range of projects including detached youth work - including trips, visits and residentials, holiday provision, schools work and pastoral care, mentoring programmes, mental health schools programmes and centre-based youth work.

Objects

IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHRISTIAN VALUES TO ENGAGE WITH AND ACT AS A RESOURCE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, PARTICULARLY THOSE WHO ARE POOR, DISADVANTAGED, MARGINALISED, OR AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION; OR OTHERWISE IN CONDITIONS OF EMOTIONAL, MENTAL, OR SPIRITUAL NEED, HARDSHIP OR DISTRESS, BY PROVIDING GUIDANCE, ADVICE, SUPPORT, OPPORTUNITIES AND BY ORGANISING PROGRAMMES OF PHYSICAL, EDUCATIONAL AND OTHER ACTIVITIES AS A MEANS OF:A) ADVANCING IN LIFE AND HELPING YOUNG PEOPLE AT RISK OF SOCIAL EXCLUSION, BY DEVELOPING THEIR SKILLS, CAPACITIES AND CAPABILITIES TO ENABLE THEM TO PARTICIPATE IN SOCIETY AS INDEPENDENT, MATURE AND RESPONSIBLE INDIVIDUALS;B) PROMOTING EDUCATION;C) RELIEVING UNEMPLOYMENT;D) PROVIDING RECREATIONAL AND LEISURE TIME ACTIVITY IN THE INTERESTS OF SOCIAL WELFARE FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE AREA OF BENEFIT WHO HAVE NEED BY REASON OF THEIR YOUTH, AGE, INFIRMITY OR DISABILITY, POVERTY OR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CIRCUMSTANCES WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE OF SUCH PERSONS.E) ADVANCING THE CHRISTIAN RELIGION.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£45k
Registered
2016
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Engage Trust UK reported a net surplus of £1,873 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £47,057 and expenditure of £45,184. Total unrestricted and restricted funds increased to £12,174, and the trustees confirm the charity is operating adequately on an ongoing basis.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 3 months' expenditure (held: £7k)
“Our overall policy for unrestricted funds is to hold reserves at a minimum threshold necessary to operate the organisation (at least 3 months' expenditure)” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2025

  • Volunteers: 2

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2024

  • Volunteers: 2
  • Government income: £7,500 — contracts £7,500 (1); 17% of the £42,995 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/09/2023

  • Volunteers: 4

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Trustees · trustee networks

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Birmingham City · Dudley · Sandwell · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£47k£45k
30/09/2024£43k£53k
30/09/2023£47k£82k
30/09/2022£39k£47k
30/09/2021£51k£38k

Common questions

Is ENGAGE TRUST UK financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that Engage Trust UK reported a net surplus of £1,873 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with total income of £47,057 and expenditure of £45,184. Total unrestricted and restricted funds increased to £12,174, and the trustees confirm the charity is operating adequately on an ongoing basis. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds ENGAGE TRUST UK?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ENGAGE TRUST UK as a grant recipient include THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATION, THE DULVERTON TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE ALLEN LANE FOUNDATIONFY2024£5k
THE DULVERTON TRUSTFY2024£5kTowards a wellbeing programme for young people.
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUSTFY2023£1kCompassionate Support

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund09/01/2025£20kWorth It Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme
The National Lottery Community Fund20/08/2021£10kEngage Detached Youth Work
UK government28/08/2020£10kCoronavirus Community Support Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund26/09/2019£10kLow Hill Youth Project
The National Lottery Community Fund17/08/2018£10kLow Hill Detached Project

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ENGAGE TRUST UK£47k—0unclear—no doubt
YOUTH ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME FY2025£640k—0unclear—no doubt
INGOL AND TANTERTON COMMUNITY TRUST LIMITED FY2025£479k—0unclear—no doubt
ENGAGEMALVERN FY2025£27k——unclear—no doubt
CONNECTIONS TRUST FY2025£116kUnder £60,0000unclear—no doubt
AGE CONNECTED FY2025£177k—0unclear—no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.